Configuring P6 Professional Internal Plug-ins for Authentication

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P6 EPPM and P6 Professional come with built in applications, such as Update Baseline, Schedule Comparison, or Claim Digger, that use P6 Integration API technology. You must configure these plug-ins separately for Single Sign-On or LDAP authentication. These applications read a configuration stored in the database (called INTERNAL_PLUGINS by default) to determine how to authenticate.

Note: This procedure is not applicable for the P6 Pro Cloud Connect driver type.

This procedure uses two utilities:

• dbconfig.cmd: To create a new temporary configuration to launch the Internal API Administration utility, admin.cmd.
• admin.cmd: To access and modify the INTERNAL_PLUGINS configuration used by the Internal API tools.

To change the authentication type, proceed as follows:

1. Launch the Internal API Database Configuration utility, dbconfig.cmd.

   For P6 EPPM, the database configuration utility is located in %P6PROFESSIONAL_HOME%\P6 Professional\EPPM\Java\dbconfig.cmd

   For P6 Professional, the database configuration utility is located in %P6PROFESSIONAL_HOME%\P6 Professional\PRO\Java\dbconfig.cmd

2. Create a new temporary configuration called TEMP_CLIENT_SETUP, to access the administration utility.
3. Launch the Internal API administration utility admin.cmd.

   For P6 EPPM, the API administration utility is located in %P6PROFESSIONAL_HOME%\P6 Professional\EPPM\Java\admin.cmd

   For P6 Professional, the API administration utility is located in %P6PROFESSIONAL_HOME%\P6 Professional\PRO\Java\admin.cmd

4. Login using the Privileged Database username and password.
5. Click on the Authentication tab.
   1. Expand the INTERNAL_PLUGINS configuration.
   2. In the Authentication folder, set the Login Mode equal to the authentication mode configured for P6.
   3. In the Database Instance: <your_instance_name> folder, set the Authentication Mode equal to the authentication mode configured for P6.
6. In the Configurations tab, select the TEMP_CLIENT_SETUP configuration.
   1. Right-click and delete TEMP_CLIENT_SETUP.
   2. Click OK in the Confirmation window.
   3. Click Save, and OK in the Confirmation window.
7. Exit the administration utility, admin.cmd.
8. Delete the BREBOOTSTRAP.XML file located in %P6PROFESSIONAL_HOME%\P6 Professional\EPPM\Java\

Tip:

For more information on P6 Integration API, refer to the P6 Integration API Configuration Guide.